1919

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as founder of the League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson Full name: Thomas Woodrow WilsonBorn: 28 December 1856, Staunton, VA, USADied: 3 February 1924, Washington, D.C., USADate awarded: 10 December 1920 Father of the League of Nations In 1917 President Wilson led the USA…

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When engaging an enemy in battle, it’s always an advantage to enlist some help, and in the case of the immune system this is no exception. To aid their vital task of specifically binding to and destroying invading bacteria and viruses, antibodies recruit a special type of protein to deliver a lethal blow. The identity…

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Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture, June 3, 1920 Structural and Spectral Changes of Chemical Atoms The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks. They formed the concept, as a philosophical speculation, of the indivisible particle, the atom, as the smallest component of perceptible objects. However, they did…

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Works in German Prometheus und Epimetheus : ein Gleichnis. – Aarau : Sauerländer, 1880-1881. – 2 vol. Extramundana : kosmische Dichtungen. – Leipzig : Haessel, 1883 Der Parlamentär : Lustspiel in vier Akten. – Basel: Gassmann, 1889 Schmetterlinge. – Hamburg: Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei Aktien Gesellschaft, 1889 Friedli der Kolderi. – Zurich : Müller, 1891 Der…

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